About Phulka Village

Phulka is a small village in Dharhara tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 168 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares.

Phulka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phulka village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Dharhara
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	329
Male Population	168
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phulka compares

By the 2011 count Phulka is the 65th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Phulka

Phulka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Phulka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phulka from other places

Phulka lies about 9.2 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Jamalpur Junction, about 2.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Phulka
Nearest town	Jamālpur	2.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jamalpur Junction	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharhara	8.9 km
District headquarters	Munger	9.2 km

Villages closest to Phulka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dharhara tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Phulka

As per the Census of India 2011, Phulka village had a population of 329. That makes it the 65th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents.

Phulka village has 168 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phulka has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 881.

Phulka covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phulka falls under Dharhara tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Phulka is Jamalpur Junction, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Phulka.

Phulka is about 9.2 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phulka is in Dharhara tehsil of Munger district. Jamālpur is about 2.4 km away. Jamalpur Junction is about 2.9 km away. Dharhara is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.